Sammansatta former:
sick | |
| Engelska | Svenska |
call in sick,
also UK: phone in sick,
ring in sick v expr | (notify employer you will be off sick) | sjukanmäla sig vitr + refl |
| (vardagligt) | sjuka sig vitr + refl |
| ta ut en sjukdag vbal uttr |
| Nancy woke up with a migraine, so she called in sick and stayed in bed. |
carsick,
UK: car-sick,
car sick adj | (nauseous from car travel) | åksjuk, bilsjuk adj |
| Reading in the car can make some people carsick. |
be fed up to the back teeth of doing [sth],
be sick to the back teeth of doing [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (be exasperated by [sth] repeated) (bildlig) | vara dödstrött på att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| Anmärkning: also "with doing sth" |
| She said angrily that she was fed up to the back teeth of hearing us bicker. |
| feel sick vi + adj | (feel nauseous) | må illa vtr + adj |
| I was starting to feel sick so I drank a lot of orange juice for vitamin C. |
| get sick v expr | (fall ill, become unwell) | bli sjuk vitr + s |
| (bildlig) | bli dålig vitr + s |
| bli krasslig vitr + s |
| Yesterday I got so sick I couldn't go to work. |
| I hope I don't get sick this winter. |
| make [sb] feel sick v expr | (nauseate [sb]) | göra så att ngn mår illa vbal uttr |
| få ngn att må illa vbal uttr |
| I couldn't stay with him at the hospital because the sight of blood makes me feel sick. |
| make [sb] feel sick v expr | (disgust or offend [sb]) (bildlig) | göra så att ngn mår illa vbal uttr |
| äckla ngn vtr |
| Hearing about the mass murder made me feel sick. |
| make [sb] sick vtr + adj | (cause to vomit or feel nauseous) | göra ngn illamående vbal uttr |
| göra så att ngn kräks vbal uttr |
| The sight of blood makes him sick. |
| make [sb] sick vtr + adj | figurative (disgust) | illamående adj |
| äcklad adj |
| That man makes me sick! He is so rude! |
| Den där mannen gör mig illamående! Han är så oförskämd! |
| make [sb] sick vtr + adj | figurative (disgust morally) (bildligt) | göra ngn illamående vbal uttr |
| göra ngn illa till mods vbal uttr |
| uppröra vtr |
| göra ngn äcklad vtr + adj |
| It makes me sick to hear such racist views. |
| off sick expr | informal (absent due to illness) | sjukledig adj |
| ring in sick v expr | (phone work when unwell) | sjukanmäla sig vtr + refl |
| (vardagligt) | sjuka sig vitr + refl |
| ring in sick v expr | (phone work pretending to be unwell) (ljuga) | sjuka sig vitr + refl |
| skolka vitr |
| be sick and tired of [sth] v expr | informal (have had enough of) | vara trött och less på ngt vbal uttr |
| ha fått nog av ngt vbal uttr |
| I'm sick and tired of living in this freezing cold house. |
| get sick and tired of [sth] v expr | informal (start to be weary, exasperated) | bli trött på ngt vbal uttr |
| (vardagligt) | bli less på ngt vbal uttr |
| få nog av ngt vbal uttr |
| I'm getting sick and tired of that child's whining! |
sick leave,
also UK: sickness leave n | (time off work for illness) | sjukledighet s |
| Freddy's teacher has been on sick leave for three weeks or more. |
| sick pay n | (compensation for absence while ill) | sjukersättning s |
| I've already used up all my sick pay for this financial year. |
| sick person n | (patient, [sb] who is unwell) | sjukling s |
| (intagen för vård) | patient s |
| It is a nurse's job to look after sick people. |
take ill,
also US: take sick v expr | (become ill suddenly) | bli sjuk vitr + adj |
| insjukna plötsligt vitr + adv |
| take sick v expr | informal (become ill) | insjukna vtr |
| bli sjuk vtr + s |
| (bildligt) | fall offer för vbal uttr |
| She has taken sick after the weekend. |
| worried sick about [sth] adj | informal (extremely anxious about [sb] or [sth]) | sjuk av oro adj |
| väldigt orolig adj |
| (vardagligt) | jätteorolig adj |
| Where have you been? You're two hours late - I've been worried sick! |
